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Callum Verdonk

@callumverdonk.bsky.social

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Part-time molecular biologist, part-time structural biologist. Full-time buffoon. I'm @karchuntan.bsky.social's postdoc. Necrotrophic fungi & effector biology. Views my own 🙈 Migrated from X.

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KC👨‍🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺 @karchuntan.bsky.social · 19d

Our @theccdm.bsky.social postdoc @callumverdonk.bsky.social came up with the goods @cbsmwa.bsky.social!!! Congrats on the New Investigator Award! 🏆💪 #CBSMWA #CBSMWA2025

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Callum Verdonk @callumverdonk.bsky.social · 20d

Big thank you to @cbsmwa.bsky.social for letting me waffle on about my work on Pf2 and it's role in effector regulation! #effectors #CBSMWA #CBSM @theccdm.bsky.social @karchuntan.bsky.social

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KC👨‍🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺 @karchuntan.bsky.social · 20d

📢💥Team work pays off!!! Looks @theccdm.bsky.social lads found a new epistasis-regulated (probable) necrotrophic effector from Stago nodorum @callumverdonk.bsky.social @ShotaMorikawa69

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KC👨‍🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺 @karchuntan.bsky.social · 24d

1,2,3...The @theccdm.bsky.social lads teamed up for an effector bioassay experiment 😁 @callumverdonk.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · Sep 8

🧠 Can AI help us understand how fungal pathogens infect plants? A new review says yes. AI tools show promise in modelling effector–plant protein interactions to fight crop disease🌾
📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.cs...
#GRDC #CurtinUni @callumverdonk.bsky.social @kgagalova.bsky.social @mcderbyshire.bsky.social

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KC👨‍🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺 @karchuntan.bsky.social · Jul 21

Our @theccdm.bsky.social @callumverdonk.bsky.social talks about effector regulation in Parastagonospora nodorum in @inrae-france.bsky.social hosted by @ifudal.bsky.social

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Callum Verdonk @callumverdonk.bsky.social · Jul 21

What an absolute pleasure to present our work to the EPLM group at INRAe in France. Fantastic research being done by fantastic people!

KC👨‍🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺 @karchuntan.bsky.social · Jul 21

Thank you @ifudal.bsky.social & @soyer_jessica for hosting us @inrae-france.bsky.social 🙏🇫🇷

Plenty of productive discussions on all things fungal!!! @theccdm.bsky.social @callumverdonk.bsky.social

Callum Verdonk @callumverdonk.bsky.social · Jul 21

Today at INRAe! @karchuntan.bsky.social discusses how co-infection by necrotrophic fungi BREAKS DOWN disease resistance in wheat @inrae-france.bsky.social @ifudal.bsky.social @theccdm.bsky.social

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Callum Verdonk @callumverdonk.bsky.social · Apr 16

Our latest article is part of a feature on UWA's news site (among Charlie's two others - 3x NAR in 3 months!)
www.uwa.edu.au/news/article...

Cracking the code of life's molecular machinery

Groundbreaking research pioneered by UWA is shedding light on the intricate dance between proteins, DNA and RNA – the fundamental building blocks of life,

www.uwa.edu.au

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Josh Ramsay @drjoshramsay.bsky.social · Apr 3

Congrats @callumverdonk.bsky.social on your 1st-Author NAR paper doi.org/10.1093/nar/... together with @charliebondxray.bsky.social, characterising RdfS, the multifunctional recombination directionality factor ‘excisionase’ of the symbiosis islands (Integrative & Conjugative Elements).

Structural basis for control of integrative and conjugative element excision and transfer by the oligomeric winged helix–turn–helix protein RdfS

Abstract. Winged helix–turn–helix (wHTH) proteins are diverse DNA-binding proteins that often oligomerize on DNA and participate in DNA recombination and t

doi.org

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KC👨‍🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺 @karchuntan.bsky.social · Feb 14

🤔@ShotaMorikawa @CallumVerdonk found a bunch of non-host effectors from Parastagonospora nodorum using Nbenth 🌱 @theccdm.bsky.social

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Centre for Crop and Disease Management @theccdm.bsky.social · Feb 27

🚨 Catch @karchuntan.bsky.social at the 17th European Conference on Fungal Genetics #ECFG17
Hear from KC on Tues 4 March, 2pm presenting "Armed with the ‘Red Button’"—exploring how Parastagonospora nodorum activates its effector arsenal to infect wheat 🌾🧬
👉 https://buff.ly/4k5ANRW
#GRDC #Curtin

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KC👨‍🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺 @karchuntan.bsky.social · Feb 27

Our @theccdm.bsky.social PhD student Shota Morikawa got a poster on "Compensatory pathogenicity mechanisms in Parastagonospora nodorum lacking major necrotrophic effectors" (P2.113)

Session: Plant pathogenic fungi

Date/Time: Tuesday/17:30 – 19

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KC👨‍🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺 @karchuntan.bsky.social · Feb 27

Our @theccdm.bsky.social Callum Verdonk will present a poster on "Order from Disorder: a structurally disordered domain of PnPf2 is essential for regulation of virulence factors in a phytopathogenic fungus (P2.114)" #ECFG17

Session: Plant pathogenic fungi

Date/Time: Tuesday/17:30 – 19

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KC👨‍🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺 @karchuntan.bsky.social · Mar 4

@jwdebler.bsky.social of @theccdm.bsky.social got a poster (P2.128) on a mysterious genomic 'Loop' today #ECFG17

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KC👨‍🔬🌾🍄🇦🇺 @karchuntan.bsky.social · Mar 4

Come and check out our @theccdm.bsky.social posters on effector regulation (P2.114) and non-host fungal effectors (P2.113) today #ECFG17

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